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Buchans - Company Town
Publisher: OXFAM Nfld., Toronto, CanadaYear Published: 1975 Pages: 80sl Price: $10 (rental) Resource Type: Slide Show Cx Number: CX250 A history of Buchans, Newfoundland, and the advantages and disadvantages of a company town. Abstract: This montage presents a history of Buchans, Newfoundland, a company town; Buchans was built and is owned by the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). The montage surveys both the advantages and disadvantages that the Company brought -- While ASARCO was able to provide Buchan's residents with jobs and with minimal housing, it deprived them of profits, workers' health and unrenewable natural resources. The montage also features songs performed by the residents of Buchan as well as interviews with them. |